Test of the Lamendin aging method on two historic skeletal samples

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-367

  Megyesi, Mary S ^a   Ubelaker, Douglas H ^b   Sauer, Norman J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Root translucency; Spitalfields; St. Bride's

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; ENAMEL; GINGIVA; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMENDIN AGING METHOD; PERIODONTAL EXAMINATION; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETON; TOOTH ROOT;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 33750091593     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20446     Document Type: Article

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